Contested Commemorations : Republican War Veterans and Weimar Political Culture (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. 'A short period of insight': symbolizing defeat as liberation, 1918?23; 2. Republican war memories: the Reichsbanner Black Red Gold; 3. The personal microcosm of Reichsbanner activism; 4. Public commemorations and republican politics; 5. In search of a national symbol, 1924?33; 6. Pacifist veterans and the politics of military history; 7. Mass media and the changing texture of war remembrance, 1928?33; Conclusion; Bibliography.